Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

101 I will sing mercy and judgment. To You, O LORD, I will sing!

² I will do wisely in the perfect way, till You come to me. I will walk in the uprightness of my heart in the midst of my house.

³ I will set no wicked thing before my eyes. I hate the work of those who fall away. It shall not cling to me.

⁴ A perverse heart shall depart from me. I will know no evil.

⁵ He who secretly slanders his neighbor, I will destroy. He who has a proud look and high heart, I cannot allow.

⁶ My eyes shall be to the faithful of the land, so that they may dwell with me. He who walks in a perfect way, he shall serve me.

⁷ No deceitful person shall dwell within my house. He who tells lies shall not remain in my sight.

⁸ Early will I destroy all the wicked of the land, so that I may cut off all the workers of iniquity from the City of the LORD. A prayer of the afflicted, when he shall be in distress and pour forth his meditation before the LORD

7 But Solomon was building his own house for thirteen years, and finished all his house.

² He also built a house called The Forest of Lebanon, a hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars.

³ And it was covered above with cedar, upon the beams that lay on the forty-five pillars, fifteen in a row.

⁴ And the windows were in three rows. And window was against window, in three ranks.

⁵ And all the doors, and the side posts with the windows, were foursquare. And window was facing window, in three ranks.

⁶ And he made a porch of pillars, fifty cubits long and thirty cubits wide. And the porch was in front of them, with thirty pillars in front of them.

⁷ Then he made a porch for the throne where he judged, a Porch of Judgment. And it was covered with cedar from floor to floor.

⁸ And in his house where he dwelt was another hall, more inward than the porch, which was of the same work. Also, Solomon made a house for Pharaoh’s daughter (whom he had taken as a wife) similar to this porch.

⁹ All these were of costly stones, hewn by measure, sawed with saws, inside and outside from the foundation to the coping, and on the outside to the great court.

¹⁰ And the foundation was of costly stones, great stones, stones of ten cubits and stones of eight cubits.

¹¹ Also above were costly stones, squared by rule, and boards of cedar.

¹² And the great court all around was with three rows of hewn stones, and a row of cedar beams. So it was to the inner court of the House of the LORD, and to the porch of the House.

⁹ “And the Patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt. But God was with him,

¹⁰ “and delivered him out of all his afflictions and gave him favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh, King of Egypt; who made him Governor over Egypt and his whole house.

¹¹ “Then there came a famine over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction, so that our fathers found no sustenance.

¹² “But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent our fathers first.

¹³ “And the second time, Joseph was known by his brethren, and Joseph’s kindred were made known to Pharaoh.

¹⁴ “Then Joseph had his father and all his kindred brought, even seventy-five souls.

¹⁵ “So Jacob went down into Egypt, and he and our fathers died.

¹⁶ “And they were removed to Shechem and were put in the sepulcher which Abraham had bought for money from the sons of Hamor of Shechem.